live from florida. this is bbc news. us president elect donald trump begins the process of selecting his future government, as president biden prepares to address the nation. kamala harris concedes defeat promising to help ensure a �*peaceful transfer of power�*. we will be looking at the numbers working out how donald trump won and what went wrong for kamala harris. after trump's astonishing comeback, we'll be looking at what his presidency might mean for america and the rest of the world. i'm rajini vaidyanathan in london. also coming up... the scene live in budapest, where uk's prime minister sir keir starmer is set to arrive to meet european leaders, and discuss security on the continent. more air strikes in southern beirut following an israeli

army evacuation order. israel said it hit hezbollah weapons stores. australia's prime minister says his government is planning to introduce new laws, banning children under 16 from social media. hello, iam helena humphrey and mar—a—lago in florida. a day after he won the us election and america's president—elect donald trump is getting down to the task of picking who will serve in his government once he's sworn in, injanuary. we have some indications as to who would build his government. will there be a role for elon musk? the billionaire backer for donald trump who played a key role in his campaign. he

featured in a tweet and a photograph put out by tiffany trump, the daughter of donald trump. you can see him along with the family of donald trump. the president—elect has said that could be a role for elon musk potentially when it comes to clearing up government waste. also if rfkjunior might feature in that cabinet on the campaign trail. he is a vaccine sceptic and spread misinformation outcomes hiv and aids but the power transition i was underweight. presidentjoe biden will be addressing the nation today from the rose garden in washington. he has already called donald trump at invited him to the white house as is tradition. samira hussain has this report from washington.

the walk to the podium to deliver the speech that no politician wants to give. but kamala harris owed it to the country to concede the election. a fundamental principle of american democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. that principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks the public trust must honour it. at the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the constitution of the united states. the party—like atmosphere from tuesday vanished. now, people unable to hide their disappointment. as the first female vice president, kamala harris has shattered glass ceilings. but one of the last remaining bastions of male privilege in america, the white house, remains intact. her history—making run for the white house

coming to a crushing end. ms harris left consoling her supporters. to the young people who are watching, it is... we love you, kamala! cheering. i love you. to the young people who are watching, it is ok to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it's going to be ok. a message of optimism they needed to hear. she did everything that she needed to do. like, she really helped me feel better about the results, as i was feeling down, i was upset. i was lost, i cried, i didn't know what to do. so she really helped me to feel better, get some sense of confidence. even though things didn't go particularly in the way that we wanted it to, there's still hopes and things still have a positive side. i'm from pennsylvania, so seeing it turn red like, oh, it broke my heart knowing that we were blue in 2020, we were progressive, we elected a democratic governor in 2023. and itjust...| just don't unders... i was lost, i was hurt,

i was heartbroken that this qualified woman, so perfect as a president, wasjust not chosen by our country. and ijust... it hurt me, it really did. chosen by the party, but not by the electorate. samira hussain, bbc news, washington. washington will be waking up. you can see the scenes there on capitol hill eliminated. as all of the political elites and power brokers begin that process of preparing for a second donald trump presidency, we will wait to hear from the president himselfjoe biden, expected to speak on the rose garden later today. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in washington. we haven't had any indications of exactly what president biden may say. i think perhaps you might hear some of the language reflected from when kamala harris made her concession speech.

she talked about amongst other things how important it was to see the peaceful transfer of power in a democracy. perhaszoe biden will refer to that. i think democrats are keen to make that point particularly of course after donald trump back in 2020 refused to concede that he had lost that election tojoe biden. i think it will be a difficult moment for the outgoing president. joe biden wanted to run in this election, reluctantly pulled out after a disastrous debate performance. now he faces the prospect of handing over power to a republican. he himself is a democrat. a republican, too, who could really start to demolish or change or untangle some ofjoe biden�*s legacy, whether that is on green policies, onjoe biden�*s approach as we were just hearing, to the war in ukraine.

a painful prospect probably forjoe biden as he hands over power. the mechanics of that are already getting under way in the sense that you see world leaders calling donald trump to congratulate him because they know this man will soon, as of january the 20th, be taking residence in the white house, taking over the most powerful nation on earth. we can head over and out of the newsroom in london where our very own lewis bornjones is at the world breaking down all the very latest when it comes to the political map and that all—important consolation of all—importa nt consolation of power. all—important consolation of power. 0ver all—important consolation of power. over to you. we all-important consolation of power. over to you.- power. over to you. we will look at how _ power. over to you. we will look at how donald - power. over to you. we will look at how donald trump l power. over to you. we will. look at how donald trump did it. kamala harris�*s easiest rate if we go back to the last election was through these three states here, wisconsin,

michigan, pennsylvania. blue here from the democrats, what joe biden won. fast forward to whatjust happened, they all turned red republican for donald trump. let's take down a little into some of the demographics, who voted for who. there was a big surge in support bite latina voters per donald trump. an exit poll around 14 percentage points. what kind of difference would it make? let's look at one of these key states that donald trump managed to win. that is pennsylvania. 19 electoral couege pennsylvania. 19 electoral college votes. huge on the night. 0nce college votes. huge on the night. once that had gone for donald trump the wall for kamala harris. let's take a look at some of these areas where donald trump did well. these areas, they contain significant latina populations. if you are on the kamala harris camp you needed bigger numbers coming out for the vote and you

can see donald trump successful in both those areas. representing part of that swing. we can look at another example nowjust as significant swing in a highly populated latina area, let's look down here. in florida. 59.2%. this compare that to some previous elections, less time 2020, biden won it, not this time, trump winning by an even more significant margin. that is just one example. the demographic changes. we look at how donald trump managed to win and how kamala harris managed to lose. quicklyjust while i am here, a reminder, not all finished yet. we are still waiting for some results, three states still left. nevada and arizona are two swing states. let's look and see if we can get some idea where we stand.

these are the seven swing states that we have been money with, already, donald trump projected to win five of them. we are still waiting for these to, nevada and arizona, trump ahead with 94.5%. arizona, trump ahead, 70% of the vote counted. we are still waiting on at the results. that gives you some sense of how donald trump did it. some soul—searching no doubt to begin and continue within the democratic party. we want to bring you this latest piece of news we have coming in to us us from the reuters news agency coming directly from the kremlin, saying russian president vladimir putin has said contacts with donald trump are not ruled out before the inauguration which is set to take place onjanuary 20. all coming at a time when there is

looming speculation, anxiety even within global affairs, community is about exact what donald trump's presidency will mean for the war in ukraine. volodymyr zelensky has said he hopes this brings the prospect of peace closer. we will continue to stay across all those latest lines as the world grapples with what this presidency means. for now we can head back to rayjeannie in the studio. we have heard from ursula von der leyen in the last three months he said, we will be working with the new administration in good manner. we will give you all the global reaction to news of donald trump's election. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's turn to the middle east and officials in lebanon say 55 people were killed on wednesday during israeli raids in the eastern

baalbel region. southern beirut was also hit about an hour after the israeli army called for residents to leave four districts including an area near the capital's international airport. meanwhile, a rocket fired by hezbollah fighters from lebanon killed an israeli man in northern israel. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is injerusalem and has the latest. in the midst of this earth—shattering news which has affected developments here in israel and across the middle east as well, watching the election which will bring donald trump to power in the white house in january for the second time, the other major news continues unabated, and as you mention the israeli attacks in lebanon focusing on the east on the historic city of baalbek where lebanese officials are expressing concern that an 0ttoman era market, a historic landmark has been damaged in israeli bombing. more bombardments in

the capital of beirut. real concern yesterday during those bombardments about what was hit and what the damage would be and what would be the civilian cost of yet another bombing in the densely populated capital. there is no sign yet this will come to an end anytime soon. just before the elections took place, in the united states, presidentjoe biden sent his top officials to the region to try to make one last push to get a ceasefire in lebanon. it didn't work. the question now is with president trump coming to power again and his very close relationship with prime minister netanyahu, what will be the pace of these wars and gaza and lebanon and of course what will happen with expected strikes against iran? we know donald trump and benjamin netanyahu do have a good relationship.

what is the israeli government hoping and expecting from a trump presidency? this morning the israeli media are full of analyses about the gamble netanyahu made, the accusation is and there is evidence to support it, that prime minister netanyahu was delaying decisions on how to wind up the gaza war, what to do in lebanon, what targets to hit, what would long term goals be of the attacks against iran? waiting until there was a trump presidency because israelis who in the majority were hoping for a trump win in these elections, they saw in the first term donald trump really carried out some of the long—standing israeli demands, to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, to recognise the annexation of the golan heights, to pull out of the landmark iran nuclear deal, and very much expecting more of that now.

he was one of the first foreign leader if not the foreign leader to speak to trump last night, and there is a sense not only does he be excited by the prospect of working with donald trump, he also knows he is very unpredictable and can be quick to anger. netanyahu hasn't forgotten that when he quickly congratulated joe biden on his election victory in 2020, donald trump was infuriated, he likes loyalty. there is plenty more on the bbc news website. let's turn to politics in germany, and the country's main opposition party is calling for a vote of confidence, after the collapse of chancellor 0laf scholz�*s coalition government after he sacked his finance minister. he said christian lindner, who leads free democrats, had broken his trust too often, making serious government work impossible.

speaking ahead of the meeting, the nato secretary general mark rutter spoke of his concerns over russia enlisting north korea's help in the war in ukraine. they are delivering technology to north korea which is now threatening in the future the mainland of the us, continental europe but also our parties on a specific, japan for example and the republic of korea. these are really dangerous new developments and we need to discuss that today but i also look forward to sit down with president trump and to navigate how collectively we will make sure we face this threat and

that we keep our part of the world xi. 0ur europe editor, katya adler is in budapest. this was always going to be a big meeting. these meetings between eu leaders and non—eu european leaders. keir starmer will be here and president zelensky. they happen twice a year and they were started up by the france president after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine to look at challenges towards europe. you may be wondering why i am in a football stadium. it is being hosted here in the hungarian capital budapest for security reasons. but donald trump as the incoming president of the united states is seen by many of the leaders coming here as a challenge to europe, a security challenge, because traditionally europe looks to the united states to have its back on defence. whether there is a more

expansive, aggressive russia, whether having ukraine's back and support military support for ukraine but donald trump is absolutely not a fan of nato, the transatlantic military alliance. also in terms of trade. for the eu, the us is its biggest trade partner and donald trump is protectionist and has been loving slapping tariffs on imports, that is bad news for already sluggish european economies. thinking about germany and its car industry for example. then brussels particularly worries about unity as well because european leaders here are not united in their attitudes towards president trump. and his attitudes towards ukraine. he has boasted that he could end the war in ukraine within 2a hours but what he hasn't made clear is if he wants ukraine to win. president zelensky will be extremely worried and going to the british prime minister, the french president, the german chancellor and saying, you said you would have my back,

don't let my country down. but if you think there is now a question mark over continued us military aid to ukraine and it has been the biggest earner by far, the biggest donor number two as germany and there is a question mark there because last night germany's three party governing coalition collapsed and now has a minority government. it is worrying for president zelensky and worrying for countries closer to russia, european countries closer to russia, we heard from the poland pm today said incoming donald trump will pose security concerns for europe but he didn't elaborate further. it is not all donald trump's less close friends because of course this summit is being hosted by viktor 0rban who is incredibly close to donald trump relatively speaking. a massive trump fan. he is also of course known for being having cosy relations

with moscow as well. but viktor 0rban the host of this meeting feels that this is his moment in history and he said donald trump's victory is important, an important victory for the world. he basically divides the west into pro—peace and pro—war camps and puts himself, somebody who has refused to supply defence weapons to ukraine, and donald trump, who has called for an immediate ceasefire to bring an end to hostilities as soon as possible and the pro—peace camp, whereas he sees the uk, germany, france and others in the pro—war camp and what he has now prophesized is by the end of this year he said, the pro—peace camp will be dominant in europe as well. so what does that mean for ukraine? but definitely very close to donald trump, viktor 0rban, believing this will have an impact on the war

in ukraine and therefore on matters here in europe and he is hoping that being closely allied to donald trump will give him more heft inside europe at meetings like this, inside nato as well, and inside the european union where he has often dismissed as being an outlier, a black sheep, but there are others like him who want the war in ukraine to end as soon as possible, they are admirers of donald trump and have softer attitudes towards moscow, slovakia's prime minister, and it will be interesting to see what italy's prime minister does as well. she's often expressed her admiration for donald trump. europe's leaders here always keen to show a united front towards moscow and say this is a strong europe together but there are very clear divisions here today. we heard from the european commission president ursula von der leyen illustrate minutes and she said she was looking

forward to working with donald trump and said she has some experience working with him and said it was importantly to working with donald trump and said she has some experience working with him and said it was important the two analysed together but their shared interests are at work on it. we will bring you the very latest from that sonnet and we get it. the bank of england is widely expected to cut interest rates again today. in august, the bank cut the rate for the first time in overfour years, by a quarter of a percentage point, to 5%. a further cut is expected as inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — slows down. australian prime minister anthony albanese says his government will introduce new laws into parliament banning children under 16 from social media. mr albanese described the legislation as "for the mums and dads" and said it was drawn up in consultation with social media firms and that the onus would be on the industry to enforce it. if enacted, australia would be the first country in the world to introduce such a ban.

a bit earlier on, we spoke to our correspondent phil mercer who is in sydney. anthony albanese, the australian prime minister, says he has been speaking to thousands of mums and dads and grandparents who he says are worried sick about the safety of their children online. the albanese government in australia is deciding to impose a ban from next year and it intends anyone under the age of 16 in australia will not be able to sign up to a social media account. that, according to the government, is to protect their mental health. but of course australia is promising world leading legislation, trying to do what many other countries have tried but so far failed. safe to say the reaction to the government's plans have been mixed in this country. you say mixed and i assume the industry is pushing back on this.

yes, meta that owns facebook and instagram says it has carried out research suggesting parents in australia want to be the gatekeepers of their children's online activities rather than an outright ban. you speak to academics who believe a ban would be ineffective and they believe it is certainly delaying a child's exposure to social media and denying them the opportunity to navigate the pitfalls and benefits. but there are other organisations in this country who believe a ban is necessary to protect australian children from misinformation, harmful content and bullying online. the government intends to bring in the law sometime next year. more on that story about australia's social media ban online. let's leave you with a live shot in budapest as eu leaders meet to discuss donald trump's presidency.

hello again. over the next few days the needle in the weather record is firmly stuck, because we're going to continue with a fair bit of cloud around. it will be dry for most of us but there will be some drizzle in the forecast and also some mist and fog patches. it's going to remain mild, but it looks like we will start to see a bit of a change coming our way on sunday at least. this afternoon, though, a lot of cloud around, some brighter breaks, the best of which will be in the north and the west. we could see less reliable and occasional breaks a bit further east too, and it's going to be a breezy day. a mild one for the time of year, temperatures 12—15 degrees, but round the moray firth, in any sunshine, we could see 17 or 18 as our maximum today. now through this evening and overnight we hang on to a lot of cloud, some mist, some fog, some clearance in the sky again in the north and the west. and it is going to be breezy. and that cloud thick enough for some drizzle or some patchy light rain coming

in to the outer hebrides. temperatures falling away, between 8 and 12 degrees. normally at this stage of november we'd be looking at roughly 2—6 degrees as our overnight lows, so much milder than you'd expect. friday sees once again a grey day, some drizzle around. the brightest breaks across the north and the west. breezier in some eastern areas, though, compared to today, and temperatures, 11—16 degrees, so downjust a degree or so on today's values. into saturday, spot the difference. once again, extensive low cloud producing some drizzle here and there. some breaks across the north and also the west, and still breezy, but the breeze not particularly strong. temperatures, ii in lerwick, 13 in cardiff, 15 in st helier. then we start to see a change, because we've got a cold front coming in from the atlantic, and that's going to bring in some rain with it, pushing south—eastwards. blustery showers follow on behind and so do some

fresher conditions. there will be more sunshine through the course of the day on remembrance sunday. wet in scotland and northern ireland to start with. that rain sinking into england and wales. the cloud breaking ahead of it and certainly behind it. don't forget those blustery showers. temperatures, 12 in lerwick to highs of 15 or 16 as we push towards the south—west.

this is bbc news, the headlines... us president elect donald trump begins the process of selecting his future government, as president biden prepares to address the nation. kamala harris concedes defeat promising to help ensure a �*peaceful transfer of power�*. prime minister sir keir starmer is set to arrive in budapest to meet european leaders and discuss security on the continent. the bank of england is widely expected to cut interest rates again today, as the inflation slows down. prince william has awarded £5 million to five earthshot prize winners who have been working to reduce climate change. more now on the us presidential election, as donald trump prepares to appoint his cabinet ahead of his return to the white house.